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James Fernald

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kittery, York County, Maine, Colonial America
Death: 1769 (64-65)
Kittery, York County, Maine, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of Deacon John Fernald and Sarah Fernald
Husband of Hannah Fernald (Rogers)
Father of Keziah Gowell Hanscom; John Fernald; Hannah Wentworth and James Fernald, Jr.
Brother of Sarah Rogers; Abigail Staple(S); John Fernald; Mary Fernald; Samuel Fernald and 3 others

Managed by: Richard Leighton Fernald
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About James Fernald

Biography

Married Hannah Rogers.

Children listed in Old Kittery and her families:

1. Keziah, b. 1734 m. (1) Richard Gowell (2) Timothy Hanscom

2. John, b. 1737 m. Sarah Wentworth

3. Hannah, b. 1740 m. Cpt. John Wentworth

4. James, b. 1744 m. Abigail Wentworth

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James Fernald (1704 - 1754)

James Fernald

Born 4 Oct 1704 in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay

Son of John Fernald and Sarah (Unknown) Fernald

Brother of Mary (Fernald) Rogers [half], Mary Fernald, Samuel Fernald, Joseph Fernald, Sarah (Fernald) Rogers, Abigal (Fernald) Staples and Benjamin Fernald

Husband of Hannah (Rogers) Fernald — married 30 Oct 1730 in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay

Father of Keziah Fernald, John Fernald, Hannah (Fernald) Wentworth and James Fernald

Died 1754 at about age 49 in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 12 Jul 2020 | Created 3 Mar 2015

Sources

"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBV-BHL : 10 February 2018), James Fernald, 04 Oct 1704; citing ; FHL microfilm 11,322.
Old Kittery and Her Families, by Stackpole, p. 382; also Old Eliot, Vol. IV, 1901 https://archive.org/details/oldkitteryherfam00staciala/page/382
"Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F48F-TZG : 10 February 2018), James Fernald and Hannah Rogers, 30 Oct 1730; citing , reference p 139; FHL microfilm 11,322.
Children:

"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1H-Y87 : 10 February 2018), James Fernald in entry for James Fernald, 20 Sep 1744; citing ; FHL microfilm 11,322.
"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1H-Y8S : 10 February 2018), James Fernald in entry for John Fernald, 29 Jun 1737; citing ; FHL microfilm 11,322.
"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1H-YZH : 10 February 2018), James Fernald in entry for Hannah Fernald, 07 May 1740; citing ; FHL microfilm 11,322.
"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1H-YZ7 : 10 February 2018), James Fernald in entry for Keziah Fernald, 03 Apr 1734; citing ; FHL microfilm 11,322.
created by Deb Moore through the import of Deb Duncan.ged on Feb 23, 2015.



York Co. (Maine) Probate Records: 12/113: JAMES FERNALD, of Kittery -- Will, 6 April 1763: "James Fernald of Kittery, yeoman, being aged, devises after just debts and funeral charges are paid, to: wife Hannah, one-third of the yearly profits of all the lands and buildings belonging to me in Kittery while she remains my widow, produced yearly by my son John Fernald or his heirs; to my daughter Keziah Hanscom, now wife of Timothy Hanscom, 20/ L.M. besides what she has already been given; to the heirs of my daughter Hannah Wentworth, wife of Capt. John Wentworth of Kittery, viz Andrew Pepperell Wentworth and Margery Wentworth, her children, 12/ each L.M., paid to Andrew at 21 and to Margery at 18 by my son John Fernald; to Hannah, the child lately born of Abigail Wentworth, a feather bed and furniture for some, 1/2 dozen good chairs, a table, etc., at age 18; she shall be maintained out of my estate till aged 18 with her mother's consent; to my son John, executor, all my estate, real and personal, land and buildings in Kittery where I dwell...." Witnesses: John Rogers, Mercy Fitts, Richard Rogers, John Godsoe. Probated 22 May 1769.

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James Fernald's Timeline

1704
October 4, 1704
Kittery, York County, Maine, Colonial America
1734
April 3, 1734
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States
1737
July 3, 1737
Kittery, York County, Maine, British Colonial America
1740
May 7, 1740
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States
1744
September 20, 1744
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States
1769
1769
Age 64
Kittery, York County, Maine, Colonial America